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A prelude to the welfare state

by Fishback, Price Van Meter.

Additional authors: Kantor, Shawn Everett. | ebrary, Inc.

Series: NBER series on long-term factors in economic development Published by : University of Chicago Press, (Chicago :) Physical details: xiii, 316 p.

Subject(s): Workers' compensation -- United States. | Workers' compensation -- Law and legislation -- United States. | Workers' compensation -- Law and legislation -- United States -- States. | Employers' liability insurance -- United States. | Electronic books.

Year: 2000

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-302) and index.

1. Framing the issues -- 2. Compensation for accidents before Workers' Compensation -- 3. The economic impact of the switch to Workers' Compensation -- 4. The timing of Workers' Compensation's enactment in the United States -- 5. The political process of adopting Workers' Compensation -- 6. The fractious disputes over state insurance -- 7. The battles over benefit levels, 1910-1930 -- 8. Epilogue : lessons from the origins of Workers' Compensation.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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